Brain Dump 1.2

Brain Dumping 1.2
Another sample of what happens when you just let go and expose, or at least continue to dig down in an effort to expose, the inner workings.
Stephen King in his (terrific) work “On Writing” explains eventually getting to a point when you’re just there in the basement of your writers mind and able to pull whatever book or box off the endless miles of shelves and dive and to see what is there. Perhaps the only guardian down there is the old wily and wise janitor who upon seeing you, nods, shrugs and turns around to keep sweeping- you’ve been expected.
However, before you can get to that visualized state of pure access to your deepest thoughts, you have to fight through Lord of the Ring sized cobwebs, anchored by ego, fear, self-doubt, pride… you name it your body has protection mechanisms built in to keep you in your comfort zone. This is why I am brain dumping, this is why I am rattling my cage as often as I can and this is why I have committed to Micheal Brese to get in there and rattle daily. I want confident access to my basement, not a mirage. I want to rummage and connect the dots inside so that I can pursue my dream and change the outside world.
It may at first glance seem lofty to want to change a culture but, why not try? I figure at the least I’ll create a little sub-culture of people the proudly where the “I Choose” pin on their sleeves… and maybe even a few savvy corporations that want to separate themselves from the field will have “We Choose” stickers on theirs.
I almost wasted a few minutes editing rather than dumping just then and it brings my mind back to the comfort zone thing. I drifted back to thoughts of “who is going to read this?” “where should I post this?” “who, what, where, how, why…” My brain went off on tangents designed to keep me where I’m comfortable. These writings could bring positive or negative feedback, they could vault me or vilify me and in the process I could loose myself and my mission in myself, self-sabotaging rather than using this as fuel for my fire.
Looking back for a moment on the mechanism of the brain I love the synergies that appear and that perhaps science will fully understand in the years to come. I mentioned the web of ego and protection you have to dig through to get into the basement for creativity and want to draw the comparison between that and wanting to make a change in your life. We are naturally resistant to change as it is our nature to maintain homeostasis. These set-points are anchored emotionally, biochemically and even physiologically with our cells and their DNA expressing a regular set of receptors and enzymes to deal with the ‘typical’ insults of the day, weeks, months and years. So to make change you need consistent persistent action yes, but at a lot lower dose and volume than we once thought. Frequent, high intensity explosive changes to the system, be it cardiovascular, muscular or mental appear to have very similar impact to our bodies as the previous standards for change had with up to 90% less time involved!
EFT and NLP for example can take what used to mean protracted periods of time in talk therapy and turn it into an 11-week process or less. We can now change our bodies within 30 minutes of well-designed cardio where used to think we needed an hour. We can increase muscle mass in far less time that we previously thought as well.
The theme I am trying to uncover is that the comfort zones we have can be broken down much easier than we have been led to believe.
I grew up with family that said and believed that “You can’t make anyone change” and “Change is the toughest thing to do”. Belief and even exposure to these sayings is toxic and will make this true in your mind. Understand that you can change, that it is easier than you imagine and that if you chalk up all the hours and stresses of saying to yourself “easier said than done” its probably a lot “easier” done than said!
Choose to change, choose to dig deep and push yourself beyond, choose to go big or go home… Choose to Stay Well.